Summary
Like many city builders and strategy games,Anno 1800has plenty of content for players to get into, particularly with the addition of various Season Passes over the last 5 years since the game’s original release. However, for some players, there were still features missing that they considered essential, and even with all the new available content, some cities still needed more aesthetic variety.
Fortunately, the game’s healthy community of modders has provided a number of useful additions to the game, the majority of which will work without requiring DLC content. Most of the following mods are available at NexusMods, though some may requireadditional mods to be installedfirst before they can be run.
8Train-Stations And Hotels
A Fun Mod With A Number Of Gameplay Benefits
This mod is useful in a variety of ways as it adds two types of train stations for players to add to their cities, as well as a variety of hotels for players who don’t already have theTourist SeasonDLC. For players with the DLC, the hotel component has been updated to make it even more useful forsatisfying the needs of Tourists.
The train stations are useful for multiple reasons, providing supplies of both Oil and Electricity as well as benefits to Post Offices. Tourists will no longer have a need for Bread and will instead requirethe Train Station. Larger stations will produce travelers who are satisfied by traveling to smaller stations and vice versa.
7New World Tourism
Provides Several Unique Buildings For New World Tourism
The New World Tourism mod enables tourism to take place in New World settlements as well as the player’s Old World home city. This can begreatly beneficial economically, as well as aesthetically, since it will allow players to construct all tourist-related buildings, such as hotels in New World settlements.
The addition of restaurants, cafes, and a tourism pier can all help to boost economic growth, particularly since tourists will pay an even higher sum when traveling in New World colonies. This can have a number of gameplay implications and can even lead players to capture entire islands purely for the purposes of tourism.
6New World Docklands
Facilitates The Transfer Of Goods Between Old And New World Settlements
Another highly useful mod related to New World settlements is New World Docklands. This mod is a game-changer when it comes to managing New World settlements since produce can be exported and imported between settlements much more easily.
The mod also features a new Docklands model for New World settlements, withmore of a tropical themethan the original Docklands model. This mod requires theDocklandsDLC in order for it to work properly since that is the only way to unlock the original Docklands model.
5Metropolic Skyline
Adds Several Unique Buildings And Cosmetic Variations
Fishboss1’s “Metropolic Skyline” mod adds a number of new unique buildings, as well as variations of existing models, to help bring some architectural diversity to settlements. Churches, Malls, Restaurants, Police Stations, and more all have additional aesthetic variants, which can be applied optionally in addition to the vanilla building models.
New buildings include a Monarch Cathedral, Urban Hospital, Imperial Institute, Tax Office Monument, and Palace of Justice. Each building comes with its own set of unlock requirements, furtheradding to gameplay variationand a player’s goals.
4City Ornaments
Decorative Mod That Adds Architectural Beauty
For players looking to add further aesthetic variation to their cities or simply for those not willing to buy an endless number of cosmetic DLCs, the City Ornaments mod fulfills both needs by adding lots of new city ornaments to the game, from small walkways and bridges to acolossal Eiffel Tower replica.
Due to the addition of several new ornaments in the game’s 2.1 update, many of the files and archives clash and cause glitches when placed tangentially to City Ornaments buildings. The mod has undergone several revisions but is currently awaiting a further update to make it compatible with the game’s latest version.
3Project Distinction
Visual Mod To Create Variation And Beauty In Large Cities
Another aesthetic mod that can add further variety to cities and districts is Spaardah’s Project Distinction. This mod introduces a range of new textures and visual enhancements for Engineer, Investor, and Residential buildings.
These building variations can add some much-needed aesthetic beauty to an area, rather than having endless streets of copy-and-pasted house designs. For players with theVibrant CitiesDLC, some further adjustments may need to be made to fix compatibility issues, and instructions on how to do this can be found on the mod page at NexusMods.
2Jakob’s Collection
A Huge Mod That Adds Hundreds Of Designs And New Industries
Adding over 900 new visual assets, including new buildings and variations for existing ones, few mods can add quiteso much aesthetic diversityto the game as Jakob’s Collection. This mod allows players to truly construct unique and varied settlements, each with their own personalized theme and design.
In addition to the visual content, the mod also introduces new tiers, industries, and productions. Overall, it is one of the most comprehensive mods available and adds more content than several DLCs combined. For players without access to any DLC content, this is a must-have for creating varied and interesting cities.
1Spice It Up
A Massive Content Mod With Customization Options
The Spice it Up mod from DaLexy gives players hundreds of quality-of-life changes to the game and allows them to fully customize which settings are influenced. As well as adding new buildings and gameplay elements, the mod introduces a plethora ofrebalancing fixes and overhauls.
The mod even adds an entirely new game mode and a camera flight option for Cape Trelawney. Players will be required to add several other mods in order to install Spice it Up, including DP’s Personal Pack and Skyline_New_Era_MU.
